thunder74:

You are right but was caused by Buhari's delay in presenting and padding of last year's budget. Our year is January to December. June to May is born out of the doctrine of necessities.

when did we start our current democracy? Jan 1999 or ending of may 1999?

thunder74:

I know you know also that it is the same National Assembly that sets the oil benchmark and approve funding sources.

do we generate our revenue only from oil?

seunmsg:
Sound legal argument from Femi Falana as usual.

Falana is not sound !

How could a sound lawyer say the national assembly

lack powers to increase or reduce the budget they are empowered to legislate on

Most Nigerian lawyers are fools !

tuscani:
This man again !, ozekhome is coming for you !

Your ignorance stinks. He put up a valid argument for his position and you ran to post stupidity.
Will Ozekhome eat him?
He and Ozekhome who has more credibility? Falana has been consistent in his human right and constitutional activism since i first heard of over 20yrs ago in my university days.
Ozekhome ran away from same activism to start defending polithiefians to get his own share of their loot.

schoolboij:
do we generate our revenue only from oil?

I know you know also that it is the same National Assembly that sets the oil benchmark and approve funding sources.

Kindly refer to the above in my post sir. Hope that helps

TPAND:
Osinbajovis a mere commissioner as one of the top guns in Nass said. Osinbajo cannot mess with nass. Don't forget he is a running mate of a presidential candidate and he is not in by any election and the ambits constitution I remember doesn't cover the Vice President or deputy governor.
If he messes with NASS, they will put him where he belongs. People in Nigeria tend tic underestimate the power of the National Assembly, this guys are even more constitutionally protected than the president.
The president cannot get the senate president out, but the senate president can collide with his colleagues and that settles it

Kindly go through your comment again and see if it is in line. For now, PYO is the Acting President NOT VP. Thanks.

TPAND:
Osinbajovis a mere commissioner as one of the top guns in Nass said. Osinbajo cannot mess with nass. Don't forget he is a running mate of a presidential candidate and he is not in by any election and the ambits constitution I remember doesn't cover the Vice President or deputy governor.
If he messes with NASS, they will put him where he belongs. People in Nigeria tend tic underestimate the power of the National Assembly, this guys are even more constitutionally protected than the president.
The president cannot get the senate president out, but the senate president can collide with his colleagues and that settles it

You must be qouting Biafras constitution .
Can an executive president or governor take part in an election with a vice or deputy ?


lets see Saraki try getting the president out now.
After all his constituency can also get him out

RasTafariI:
The legislooters think they can bully a professor of law into signing their inflated budget. Àwọn olè

stop talking nonsense. ..was the budget not inflated last year when buhari was around?

schoolboij:
when did we start our current democracy? Jan 1999 or ending of may 1999?

You mean it was when Obasanjo was sworn in in May 29th 2009, after forming his cabinet, prepare the budget, declared the National Assembly opened in June that he submitted the budget the same May and was passed that same May?

Nigeria is between the devil and the deep blue sea

samsard:
Abacha a military dictator stashed billions of dollars in foreign bank accounts while my mom was earning peanuts as a civil servants, and while critical infrastructure was lacking isn't he also a looter? and how many countries under military rule are actually progressing as they should?

What exactly have u enjoyed under democracy. Virtually all thr infrastructures u enjoy today were built by thr military.

azimibraun:
One sided view of issues. Talking like we have not had more military heads of state than civilian presidents. What did we achieve with them and how did we get to this terrible state we are in so soon after they relinquished power? In a civilian administration you see how lawless the military is, beating folks up and asking them to roll over in dirty waters and even beating up cripples. I just hope you can imagine what they will do when they are in charge. Finally, military rule is a thing of the past as at this time. It can attempt to happen somewhere else but not in Nigeria. Those ambitious soldiers who dared that will surely visit the gallows. It's gone for good in Nigeria.

In every form of government there are different types of leaders out of which you can have a Tyrant leader or a Charismatic leader among others. No matter how charismatic a democratic leader is, a bad legislature is his undoing. We can all agree Nigeria has the worst scums of earth in its legislature, how then will democracy work?

But with the Military, there's zero tolerance for such shenanigans. All we need is a Charismatic leader.
It would be very difficult to find a tyrant military leader that would leave this country in this sorry state.

PS: It's rare to see a law abiding citizen get beaten up by the military.
Even Fayose would humble under proper military regime.

Limitednow:


http://www.socialtimesng.net/2017/05/osinbajo-not-2017-budget-falana/

Because he is the coordinator, abi?

seguno2:


If you see yourself and those around you as "too stubborn and destructive for democracy to work", please do not assume that all 200 million Nigerians are that way.
Why will the president not be at the mercy of legislators whom you allowed to represent you?
What was your level of participation in the process of electing your senator, representative and even state assembly lawmaker?
How much of your personal income did you donate to their campaign?
Yet you have the audacity to complain.
Will you keep kwayet!

Your lot disgust me. You voted for them or their party imposed them on you? And did you say they're representing you?
Your naivety screams slap me slap me!

seguno2:


If you go to a London hospital where our president is being treated despite billions budgeted for Aso Rock clinic, you will see what the first budget of APC is being used for.

That is,.

schoolboij:

your own reasoning is appalling. how can the Nass increase a budget they don't source the funds for? what if there's no fund to execute those budgets? their power is to advise the sender the executive on necessary appropriations not unilaterally appropriate.

using your own logic, the Nass should prepare a the budget and sign it into law.

did u follow last yr budget defense atall?
Esp the transport ministry where amaechi brought a new project that was not abinitio in the real budget, the lagos calabar rail project.
During budget defence, alot happens, if funds r over appriopriated for some articles, they can reduce it, if they know that the funds appriopriated is less then they will increase it. But they will always seek clearance from finance minister or cbn govr before doing this.

U dey naija, u no sabi what s happening in naija.

Nigeria is working with constitution, that book is just there for people wey wan do assignment.

Afonjas always speaking from both sides of their loud mouth. Una never see anything yet.
make Una go ask aisha yusuf.

tuscani:
This man again !, ozekhome is coming for you !

Are they mates? One is a legal thug while the other is a fine breed lawyer, per excellence. One supports corruption by defending obviously corrupt politicians in court while the other is a renowned constitutional lawyer who always air his opinion whenever there is a constitution hullabaloo.

So my dear, both of them aren't mates both biologically and in experience (legally).

the only falana i have respect for is falz the bad guyz. so what is Femi exactly?

TPAND:
Osinbajovis a mere commissioner as one of the top guns in Nass said. Osinbajo cannot mess with nass. Don't forget he is a running mate of a presidential candidate and he is not in by any election and the ambits constitution I remember doesn't cover the Vice President or deputy governor.
If he messes with NASS, they will put him where he belongs. People in Nigeria tend tic underestimate the power of the National Assembly, this guys are even more constitutionally protected than the president.
The president cannot get the senate president out, but the senate president can collide with his colleagues and that settles it

You sound really confused no offense. opposition is not by force mr man

pressplay411:
Your lot disgust me. You voted for them or their party imposed them on you? And did you say they're representing you?
Your naivety screams slap me slap me!

You allowed them to chance you.
Why be a cry baby now?
Who stopped you from joining their party to ensure better candidates emerge?
Mental laziness is not good oh!
No wonder you wish to have a soldier whip your stubborn self into orderliness.
What a pity.
Why can't you use your stubbornness to make changes happen as you desire? Abi your stubbornness is a shakara oloje ni?

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greatiyk4u:



Ozekhome is a learner where this erudite legal icon is


A sound legal argument devoid of fear favour or bias from fals senior

Some of you should be stoned to death for delving into area you know nothing about. Falana can never be compared to Ozekhome as far as law is concern. Falana is a mere human right activist and not a lawyer known for fighting contentious issues. Falana my ass. This idiot almost caused a crisis at the Lagos Campus of the Nigerian Law School with his misguided political statements. It is even very unfortunate that he is called an SAN

WiseFool2:

Are they mates? One is a legal thug while the other is a fine breed lawyer, per excellence. One supports corruption by defending obviously corrupt politicians in court while the other is a renowned constitutional lawyer who always air his opinion whenever there is a constitution hullabaloo.

So my dear, both of them aren't mates both biologically and in experience (legally).

Falana is the novice here, don't you ever compare the two. Mention one contentious case won by Falana. Tribal bigot

Chiefpriest1:
Abeg, it's almost June. Let him sign and let Nigeria move forward. The year is almost gone.

And all these yeye online media that will just appropriate someone else's sweat, God is watching you.

This is a story by Success Nwogu of Punch newspapers. Social Times ko, Social Club ni.

The punch you even credited stole the story from the cable, and signature tv, as shown in the screenshot below, forget their ranking in Google.

Punch has one time stole article from that Social Times news portal without due credit.

Social Times after a day of their publication I saw the same news on punch, without crediting the source.

The links are still with me.

seguno2:


You allowed them to chance you.
Why be a cry baby now?
Who stopped you from joining their party to ensure better candidates emerge?
Mental laziness is not good oh!
No wonder you wish to have a soldier whip your stubborn self into orderliness.
What a pity.
Why can't you use your stubbornness to make changes happen as you desire? Abi your stubbornness is a shakara oloje ni?

Bruh I have nothing against you. My point is Democracy provides enabling environment for mismanagement and corrupt practices because there's no fear or recourse to the law. Every politician presently believes their above the law and what is Democracy without the law?
If the judiciary at least is effective and not itself a den of wolves, maybe there would still be hope but you and I know those so called learned men have be choked and bought out.

Point being, Nigeria is not yet ripe for Democracy. We do not value it otherwise we won't be abusing and bastardizing as we're doing.

BuariCopyPaste:
OSUNBADE is now as confused as Eyo masquerades .
He's barred from touching the budget due his COORDINATOR statue.

Now the charge and bail lawyer says he should not go near the budget citing inflation.

Osinbade right now

which one is your father?

SirJeffry:
What is holding those boys at the barracks from ending this madness

OBJ. He neutralized the army from the Centre.
Obj is a shrewd man.

Tecno66:
Because he is the coordinator, abi?

Which one is your father?
Learn to read before commenting.

pressplay411:
Bruh I have nothing against you. My point is Democracy provides enabling environment for mismanagement and corrupt practices because there's no fear or recourse to the law. Every politician presently believes their above the law and what is Democracy without the law?
If the judiciary at least is effective and not itself a den of wolves, maybe there would still be hope but you and I know those so called learned men have be choked and bought out.

Point being, Nigeria is not yet ripe for Democracy. We do not value it otherwise we won't be abusing and bastardizing as we're doing.

Point being that you are ignorant and not ready to be involved in making the necessary sacrifice for the progress you desire hence you want someone else (a soldier) to do the cleansing job on your behalf and give you all the benefits on a platter of gold.
Why do you think that the coup plotter will risk death only to dash fearful, lazy citizens the fruit of his labour?
You must think that he is a fool, which of course he is not.
IBB, Abacha, Abdusalami and Buhari were more corrupt thieves than their civilian counterparts.
If politicians that we allow to run our country are lawless, is it the coup plotters who will be law abiding?
Look before you leap.
Think before you talk.

oweman:




Falana is not sound !

How could a sound lawyer say the national assembly

lack powers to increase or reduce the budget they are empowered to legislate on

Most Nigerian lawyers are fools !

Mr Sound engineer.
Its your cognitive skills that's a bit on the mute side as in I mean no signal at all.

StarPlayer:
You sound really confused no offense. opposition is not by force mr man

You are a toddler, you won't understand